You can now find a Dollar General in every one of the 48 contiguous states

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Dollar General opened its first store in Montana, putting the retailer in all 48 contiguous states.

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Delivery drivers who make their living on apps like Instacart, DoorDash, and Grubhub say they're being booted with little warning or recourse

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Costco stops giving Instacart shoppers gift cards as refunds, amid claims they were being misused

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A shopper wearing a baseball cap loads several cases of bottled water onto an orange flat-bed cart at a Costco store.
Instacart shoppers at Costco will no longer get gift cards when they return undeliverable items for a refund, Instacart said.

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These retailers are bucking the trend and opening stores in San Francisco despite the city's 'doom loop'

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There has been an exodus of retailers in downtown San Francisco, with a Nordstrom branch being among the recent closures.

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Amazon sellers are raiding dollar stores for products like glow sticks and Twinkies to resell online

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A man wearing a white shirt, shorts, boat shoes and a face mask browses kitchen items such as silverware and ice cream scoops as a black shopping cart sits nearby in the aisle of a Dollar Tree store.
Dollar Tree and Dollar General stores have become a favorite place for Amazon sellers to find products to resell on the website.

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Digital screens are covering cooler doors at stores like Kroger and Walgreens, and they're driving TikTokers nuts

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Retailers from Kroger to Walgreens have added screens to their coolers. But some shoppers say they're making shopping harder.

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Walmart wants associates, not gig workers, to deliver more orders as the retailer struggles to verify the identity of its Spark drivers

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Walmart wants associates to deliver more of its online orders.

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Amazon is reportedly getting into legal fights with landlords as 'zombie' Amazon Fresh stores pile up

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Amazon is reportedly facing lawsuits from landlords over some proposed Amazon Fresh stores.

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Dollar General's messy stores are haunting the retailer as it takes a $95 million hit on inventory markdowns and deploys 'smart teams' to clean up

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Clutter might keep some consumers away, but Dollar General is the only choice for essential food items and home goods in many areas.
Dollar General executives say they're taking steps to clean up stores overstocked with inventory, including marking down items and creating special teams of employees dedicated to organizing the clutter.

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Self checkout could be making Americans lonelier

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People wearing coats and other cold-weather clothing scan and pay for groceries at a supermarket in New York City. Lighted signs that read
Self-checkout stations are one example of technology making Americans lonelier.

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